/thomasnet/companies/search

POST /api/thomasnet/companies/search

Price: 1 credit

Search Thomasnet B2B suppliers and manufacturers by product/service keyword or category id, filtered by company type (Manufacturer/Distributor/Custom Manufacturer/Service Company), ownership/diversity (women/veteran/minority-owned, small business, HubZone), published content (catalogs/capabilities), validation status (Thomas Verified/Registered) and certification. Returns supplier cards with name, company types, logo, phone, website, HQ location with coordinates, category and sample certifications.

How to use it

Search Thomasnet suppliers by keyword (product/service/capability) or heading_id (category). Optional filters: company_type, ownership (diversity), catalog (product catalogs/capabilities profile), supplier_validation (Thomas Verified/Registered), certification (id taken from a result's certifications[].id), sort (RECOMMENDED/DISTANCE), area. Each result has id, name, company_types, image (logo), phone, web_url, year_founded, description, main_location_name, is_multi_location, tier, heading (category), address/address2/city/state/state_name/zip_code/country/county/latitude/longitude, sample certifications and social links. Returns an empty list when the keyword matches no category.

Parameters

• access-token string required

Request body

• timeout integer — Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds) (default: 300; min: 20; max: 1500)
• keyword string nullable — Product, service or capability to search suppliers for (examples: "ball valves", "cnc machining")
• heading_id string nullable — Thomasnet category (heading) id to list suppliers for, as an alternative to keyword (examples: "90370206")
• area string — Coverage area used to resolve the keyword to a category (default: "NA"; one of: "NA", "US", "CA", "MX")
• company_type string nullable — Filter suppliers by company type (one of: "Manufacturer", "Distributor", "Custom Manufacturer", "Service Company", "Turnkey Systems Integrator", "Finishing Service Company", "Custom Manufacturer - Instant Quote", "Manufacturers' Rep", "Remanufacturer")
• ownership string nullable — Filter suppliers by ownership / diversity status (one of: "Woman-Owned", "Veteran-Owned", "Minority-Owned", "Small Business", "HubZone", "Women's Business Enterprise", "Woman-Owned Small Business", "Small Disadvantaged Business", "Veteran-Owned Small Business", "AbilityOne", "Asian-Indian-Owned")
• catalog string nullable — Filter suppliers by published content (product catalogs / capabilities profile) (one of: "Product Catalogs", "Capabilities Profile", "Any")
• supplier_validation string nullable — Filter suppliers by validation status (Thomas Verified / Registered) (one of: "Thomas Verified", "Thomas Registered")
• certification string nullable — Filter suppliers by a certification id — take it from a supplier's certifications[].id (returned in these search results and in thomasnet/companies get-by-id profiles) (examples: "157", "59")
• sort string — Result ordering (default: "RECOMMENDED"; one of: "RECOMMENDED", "DISTANCE")
• count integer required — Max number of suppliers to return (min: 1)

Response

• @type string (default: "ThomasnetCompanySearchResult")
• id string required
• name string required
• company_types array (default: [])
• image string nullable
• phone string nullable
• web_url string nullable
• year_founded integer nullable
• description string nullable
• main_location_name string nullable
• is_multi_location boolean nullable
• tier string nullable
• heading object nullable
  • @type string (default: "ThomasnetHeading")
  • id string nullable
  • name string nullable
  • natural_name string nullable
  • family_name string nullable
  • description string nullable
  • url string nullable
• address string nullable
• address2 string nullable
• city string nullable
• state string nullable
• state_name string nullable
• zip_code string nullable
• country string nullable
• county string nullable
• latitude number nullable
• longitude number nullable
• certifications array (default: [])
  • @type string (default: "ThomasnetCertification")
  • id string nullable
  • code string nullable
  • cert_title string nullable
  • cert_type string nullable
  • group string nullable
  • scope string nullable
  • image string nullable
  • url string nullable
  • date string nullable
  • is_active boolean nullable
• social array (default: [])
  • @type string (default: "ThomasnetSocial")
  • social_type string nullable
  • account_id string nullable

Errors

• 422 — The request body did not validate Check the fields against this schema. A URN with the wrong prefix is the most common cause.
• 408 — The request ran past its time limit Raise `timeout` in the request body, up to the maximum this endpoint documents. Lowering `count` or turning off the `with_*` flags also helps, because less work finishes sooner.
• 412 — The entity was not found, or a precondition failed Retrying will not help: either the entity does not exist, or the input points at a different one.
• 429 — Too many requests: a rate limit or a usage window is exhausted When the response carries an X-Retry-After header, wait that many seconds and retry: the same number is in the body as `detail.retry_after`, and the limit clears once that window passes. The message in the body names the limit that was hit.
• 500 — Something broke on our side Retrying will not help. If it keeps happening, send us the X-Request-ID from the response headers.
• 529 — Rate limit reached, or the endpoint is overloaded Wait at least 30 seconds, then retry.

Response headers

• X-Error — Error message text (present only on error)
• X-Request-ID — Unique request identifier
• X-Execution-Time — Execution time in seconds
• X-Result-Count — How many records the body carries. 0 means an empty result, which is a normal answer and not by itself an error. A non-zero count can come back together with X-Error when the failure happened partway through — read this header and X-Error independently.
• X-Total-Available-Results — How many records exist for this query, when the endpoint can say. On a `dry_run` request this is the answer and the body is empty. It saturates: the endpoint's documented maximum means 'at least that many', any smaller number is exact.
• X-Warning — Present when the request body carried keys this endpoint does not document. They were ignored, so any filter you meant to apply through them did not apply. Check the spelling against this schema and retry.
• X-Retry-After — Seconds to wait before retrying. Present only on 429.